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Ecologists at Bali’s Environment Summit Call for a New Economic Order
Source: VOA News (24 February 2010, Solenn Honorine | Nusa Dua, Indonesia) – Ecologists at Bali’s Environment Summit Call for a New Economic Order Ecology is becoming more and more a question of economy: how much would it cost to reduce emissions; how much would we save by weatherproofing buildings. But analysts meeting in Bali... »
International Community Meets in Bali to Address Environment
Source: VOA News (22 February 2010, Solenn Honorine | Bali) – International Community Meets in Bali to Address Environment More than 140 governments will convene this week in Indonesia under the banner of the U.N. Program for the Environment, the largest such gathering since the climate change summit last December in Copenhagen. Since the Copenhagen summit... »
Preserving Indonesia’s forests – news video report
Preserving Indonesia’s forests – news video report from Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen in Central Kalimantan. Indonesia’s forests are home to a wealth of species and are one of the world’s biological treasures. But the rate of deforestation there is faster than anywhere else in the world. Indonesian businessmen are hoping to change that with a controversial new... »
South Korea’s Mobile Harbor Aims to Make Waves in Shipping
Source: VOA News (4 January 2010, Kurt Achin | Seoul), South Korea’s Mobile Harbor Aims to Make Waves in Shipping Government-funded researchers hope to commercialize an idea called a mobile harbor. The developers aim to expand global shipping options while reining in carbon emissions. Now any city can be a harbor city, say researchers at the... »
The Copenhagen Accord
For close to two weeks in December, most of the world focused its attention on Copenhagen, Denmark, as delegates from 192 countries along with UN officials participated in the UN Climate Change Conference. The first week produced no tangible result, but plenty of dire predictions. The lack of progress was severe enough to warrant... »
UN Chief says Climate Change Accord is Real Deal
Text Source: VOA News (Lisa Bryant, Paris, 19 December 2009) – UN Chief says Climate Change Accord is Real Deal Ban Ki-moon hailed a controversial accord reached in Copenhagen after all-night talks among world leaders. The agreement has drawn sharp criticism from environmentalists and poorer nations. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hailed a controversial climate change... »
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